Disc Golf, Summer School

Saturday morning the kids and I had a round of disc golf together.  As a homeschool family, we should have known that a father, son, and daughter outing would turn into some life lessons.  Here are a few, with some ideas on how you can benefit from the final weeks of summer:

We also learned about the consequences of drought.
What's under our feet used to be grass.

In one way, it is not necessarily about disc golf.  Do you know how hard it is to get a 46 year old, 14 year old, 13 (almost) year old, and 10 year old to agree on anything?  Silly question, I'm sure you know.  Not only that, but outdoor time has been harder to come by.  The extreme heat and drought has affected us.  Note the lack of green grass in the photo.  You could say that finding common interests is like finding water (you would say gold, but water is more valuable right now).  We as family members need to learn that just because we are family, we don't always like the same things.  When we do, these opportunities cannot get away!  


Action idea:  What can you plan for your family that can be fun, family building, and that everyone can participate in?  When can you do it?

Summer School Skills Training - Target Practice

This week we got a temporary break in the weather, so we got outside for some target practice - impromptu summer school lesson!

When taking target practice, we prefer to use our Daisy brand BB rifles.  In the 1970s, my brother and I had them, and now my young men have their own.  We also use airsoft BB handguns that we bought on the internet.  The Daisy rifles are great!  The airsoft guns are OK, but not nearly as good.

It's important to get out and do some target shooting, I believe because:

• A chance to get outside
• Father / son activity
• Hand / eye coordination
• Training for handling real firearms someday
• Friendly competition
• Support 2nd Amendment rights

Hopefully, when Ryan and his brother are older, we will have a chance to do some hunting with my uncle.  The offer is out there, they just have to grow up a little bit more.

Are you taking advantage of the summer months to work on some skills other than the typical academic stuff?